Request for Expressions of Interest for Implementation of Rural Digital Health Solutions
Our growth partnership model works to develop and implement our digital health ecosystem for rural communities in LMIC:
- Set-up: Partner recruits local network of health agents from target communities; facilitates trainings; equips with reach52 tech.
- Phase 1- Community research and onboarding: Baseline data is collected; residents are signed-up to reach52 eHealth platform.
- Phase 2- Marketplace launch and implementation: Last-mile B2C health marketplace of micro-insurance, medicines and consumer health products is launched by health agents.
- Phase 3- Funded program development and implementation: Innovative proposals to address local health issues are co-developed; successful proposals co-implemented by reach52 and partner
Target communities
As a sustainable social business model, reach52 is seeking to implement in rural communities where residents earn an average income of $3-8/day. We are seeking to engage households in the ‘missing middle’, who are earning just a bit too much to qualify for government social protection schemes, yet still face significant health access barriers. Beneficiaries should also be living a significant distance from existing health and financial services, such as clinics, pharmacies and MFI branches.
Results-based funding
reach52 supports our growth partners through a result-based funding model. Unlike traditional grant-based funders, we fund our partners for specific outputs achieved, according to pre-agreed fees. This approach provides partners with sustainable, scalable funding, and incentivizes impact. Funding outputs will vary based on partner and geography, but may include compensation for activities such as:
- Each local resident on-boarded to eHealth platform
- Each health worker trained
- Each health screening delivered
- Each health promotion engagement
Benefits to partners
reach52 provides implementation partners with both financial and in-kind supports:
- Performance-based sustainable funding channel
- Free use of reach52’s eHealth platform
- Training and ongoing implementation support
- Support for project and 3rd party grant development
Benefit to Communities
- Reduced out-of-pocket spending and improved access to affordable medicines, consumer health products, and micro-insurance plans
- Up-skilling and digitalization of frontline Community Health Workers
- Micro-entrepreneurial opportunities for local women
Eligibility
Implementation partners should conform to the following requirements:
- Projects to be implemented in Kenya, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, and Philippines
- Non-profit or for-profit organizations with existing community operations in rural regions, relationships with rural populations
- A broad focus on providing supports/services relating to health, livelihoods; micro-entrepreneurialism, and/or rural development
- Organizational experience or interest in implementing social business practices is valued
Deadline
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 pm (GMT -5), June 30, 2021.
Applicants are encouraged to apply early, as applications will be assessed as received. Due to the anticipated volume of submissions, only successful applicants will be contacted for follow-up.
